246th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 246th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 29, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

Bootstrapping in Pennsylvania: OnSIP CEO Mike Oeth (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Interesting! What about financing? Did you, at any point, raise external financing? Mike Oeth: We did not. We have stayed completely self-funded. We see ourselves as a software company and we’re lucky enough to have software margins. We’ve been cash flow positive since 6 to 12 months of starting. Rob does the marketing and

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Bootstrapping in Pennsylvania: OnSIP CEO Mike Oeth (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: This went live in 2004? Mike Oeth: The company went live in 2004. The OnSIP Hosted PBX was October 2006. It was actually nice not being funded by VCs. We had the flexibility to change our business plan and go out and see what was working and what wasn’t. The SIP Trunking was

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Bootstrapping in Pennsylvania: OnSIP CEO Mike Oeth (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What year does that bring us up to? Mike Oeth: 2002. Sramana Mitra: Where were you located? Still in Connecticut or had you moved out by now? Mike Oeth: At that point, I had moved down to Yardley, Pennsylvania. RCN is based in Princeton, New Jersey; so for a while, I was commuting

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Bootstrapping in Pennsylvania: OnSIP CEO Mike Oeth (Part 1)

The theme of entrepreneurs building robust companies without outside capital continues in the story of OnSIP. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your personal story. Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of circumstances? Mike Oeth: I was born in the MidWest, specifically in Speedway, Indiana. It’s the home of Indianapolis

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245th Roundtable Recording On Jan. 22, 2015: With Warren Weiss, Foundation Capital

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: 245th 1Mby1M Roundtable with Warren Weiss, Foundation Capital

January 29 – 246th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 246th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 29, 2015, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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Roundtable Recap: January 22 – Billion Dollar Unicorns with Warren Weiss, Foundation Capital

During today’s roundtable, we celebrated the launch of my new book, Billion Dollar Unicorns, with a special guest, Warren “Bunny” Weiss, General Partner, Foundation Capital. I have known Bunny for many years, and he has a long track record in the Silicon Valley venture capital industry. Bunny shared areas he and Foundation are excited about

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